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Will Janowitz (born May 25, 1980) is an American film, television and stage actor and writer. He is a first-generation American, with his mother having been born in the Czech Republic and his father in Berlin, Germany .
Biography
After graduating from North Carolina School of the Arts in 2000, he began acting professionally, and worked briefly as Mary-Louise Parker 's personal assistant on several film and television projects. One of his earliest film credits was a role in David Gordon Green 's George Washington Bill English , starred in The Pavement Series for Showtime , in which they played sports inventors. In 2002, he had a role on Law & Order The Sopranos Meadow Soprano 's (Jamie-Lynn Sigler ) boyfriend Finn De Trolio . He would appear in one season of the show (fifth season), portraying a novice's perspective of the organized crime ring and most notably outing Vito Spatafore (Joe Gannascoli ) one of Tony Sopranos (James Gandolfini ) best earning captains. Later he would appear on Law & Order: Criminal Intent Bristol Boys Sopranos co-star Max Casella and David Zayas (Dexter Backseat Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Julianna Margulies and Michael Rispoli in Francine Volpe's Late Fragment Sopranos co-star Michael Imperioli . However, due to scheduling conflicts, the play did not premiere. Janowitz joined the ensemble cast of Ang Lee 's Taking Woodstock Chip Monck , the festivals production designer. The same summer he went to Marietta, Georgia , to play the role of Leo Frank alongside HBO alumni Seth Gilliam (The Wire The People v. Leo Frank Leo Frank an American born Jew who was lynched in Marietta, Georgia , on August 17, 1915, after being wrongly accused of the murder of a 13-year-old girl who worked in his pencil factory. The case is widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice.
Writing
In the midst of his acting, Janowitz has had several plays of his own creation produced. The most notable; Gnome a character he created at North Carolina, then more extensively at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre . The show premiered at New York City's Zipper Theater 2006. The two-man play explores the life of Gnome; a reclusive hundred and fifty-year-old author who claims to be the offspring of a Jewish mother and forest dwelling creature who left New York City and has taken up permanent residence in Central Park. Additionally, Janowitz wrote and developed a television series for Fox Studios called SuperEgo 2009 in which he plays Charlie Knight, a young, psychiatrist who uses an unorthodox approach to unlock patients potential.
Filmography
1999 Terror Firmer
2000 George Washington
2002-2006 The Sopranos Finn Detrolio / Finn DeTrollio Minor character 14 episodes TV Show
2002-2009 Law & Order
2003 The Pavement
2004 Press Gang as Derrick Short film
2004-2008 Law and Order: Criminal Intent
2005 Backseat
2005 David and Layla
2005 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
2006 Bristol Boys
2007 Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe as East European Lab Assistant Minor character Movie
2007 Bed Head as Will Short film
2007 Gnome as Gnome Short film
2007 Babylon Fields as Jimmy Viskupic Major Character TV Movie
2008 Grand Theft Auto: IV
2008 Midnight Club: Los Angeles
2009 The People v. Leo Frank as Leo Frank Movie
2009 Taking Woodstock Chip Monck Minor character Movie
2009 Two Birds as The Other Man Short film
2010 John Scharnhorst as John Scharnhorst Short Film
2010 Odd Jobs as The Director TV Movie
2010 Mad Men
2010 Superego as Dr. Charlie Knight TV Movie
2011 Louie
2012 Bottle Poppaz as Dj Lava Short film
2012 Exposed as Alexi Krustonovich Major Character Movie
2012 Ex-Girlfriends as Matt Major Character Movie
2012-2013 Boardwalk Empire Hymie Weiss Minor Character 5 Episodes TV Series
2013 B-Side as Evan Major Character Movie
2013 Inside Amy Schumer
2013 The Volunteer
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2013 Junkie Doctors
2014 Google Comes to Collect Google Video Short film
2014 Broad City
2014 H.
2014 The Heart She Holler
2015 Film-U
2015 Deadbeat
2015 Lucky and The Walk Home
2016 Puppy Love as James Main character Short film
2016 American Experience
2016 The Characters
2016 Little Boxes
2016 Youth in Oregon
2016 The Night Of
2016 The Daily Show
2017 Lost and Found
2017 Bikini Moon
2017 Gotham
2017 Troll as Noah Short film
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